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EDF Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has been chosen by Pacific Gas & Electric, the primary utility company serving the northern California community and the San Francisco Bay Area, to provide 40 megawatt-hours of "behind the meter" energy storage for its commercial and industrial customers
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A new report from the California Public Utilities Commission has concluded that the state's major utilities have already met or will all soon exceed the state's 2020 renewable energy target of 33%, and will likely meet the 2030 target of 50% by 2020.Â
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The Environmental Defense Fund is using a collaborative approach to find ways of working with industry partners to find and fix methane leaks that waste up to 10 million tons of methane each year in the US alone.
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Weâ€™ve partnered withÂ Technica Communications*Â for a monthly roundup of some of the coolest cleantech press releases in a series we are callingÂ Cleantech in Action. Some of the highlights this month include new lights for AT&T park in San Francisco, all-electric busses for a California school district, hyper-local veggies for an Iowa grocery store, Amazon's newest solar roof, Â and a 1.8 MW solar ground mount built to power a museum in Massachusetts
LED Lights, All-Electric School Buses, Hydroponic Gardens â€¦ (Cleantech in Action Serie... ...

Weâ€™ve partnered withÂ Technica Communications*Â for a monthly roundup of some of the coolest cleantech press releases in a series we are callingÂ Cleantech in Action. Some of the highlights this month include new lights for AT&T park in San Francisco, all-electric busses for a California school district, hyper-local veggies for an Iowa grocery store, Amazon's newest solar roof, Â and a 1.8 MW solar ground mount built to power a museum in Massachusetts
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A group of new big-name businesses including Baidu, Ikea, and Vattenfall have this week launched EV100, the first initiative of its kind to fast-track the uptake of electric vehicles and accompanying infrastructure.Â
10 Big-Name Corporations Launch 100% Electric Vehicle Campaign At Climate Week NYC was originally published on CleanTechnica.
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A power outage hit about 90,000 people on Friday morning in San Francisco, closing shops and snarling traffic in the cityâ€™s technology and finance center as a large swath of the financial district lost electricity.
Paul Doherty, spokesman for utility PG&E Corp, said there had been an incident at a San Francisco substation and a series of outages began affecting the city shortly after 9 a.m. (Noon ET). The utility said in a Twitter message later that it expected the outage to be fixed for most customers at 1 p.m. (4 p.m. ET).
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An open letter signed by more than 600 members of the United States' business and investor community has called on President-elect Trump, President Obama, Members of the US Congress, and Global Leaders to back a "low-carbon USA" and commit "to addressing climate change".
US Business & Investors Call On Donald Trump To Address Climate Change was originally published on CleanTechnica.
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On February 9, 2015, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) brought forward a proposal to install more than 25,000 EV charging stations within its territory. Readily embraced by environmentalists, the project faced opposition from ratepayers (questioning the value of this investment) and other EV charging service providers (who did not relish direct competition from a utility)
North Americaâ€™s Largest EV Charging Program â€” Pros & Cons was originally published on CleanTechnica.
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Originally published on the ECOreport. In March of 2016, San Mateo County joined with 20 of its cities to foundÂ Californiaâ€™s fourth CCA (Community Choice Aggregate). Though theÂ Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA)Â will continue to obtainÂ electricity through PG&Eâ€™s existing power lines, it will also provide San Mateo residentsÂ with cleaner and greener energy choices. Yesterday, Californiaâ€™s 4th CCAÂ announcedÂ its [&hellip
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The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the largest electricity grid in California, broke its own solar generation recordÂ on Tuesday of this week. The 8,030 megawatts put out at 1:06pm were approximately double the 2014 high, and ~2,000 megawatts (MW) higher than last yearâ€™s record. Naturally, as a lot more solar power capacity is added to [&hellip
California Breaks Solar Record (Again), Enough Electricity For 2 Million Homes was originally published on CleanTechnica.
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Published on July 12th, 2016 | by Susan Kraemer
July 12th, 2016 by Susan KraemerÂ
Secrecy about the price that California utilities pay for natural gas contracts is a new sign that PV has now passed market price parity at wholesaleÂ (as well as at retail: for rooftop customers).
Image Credit: Ilias BartoliniÂ Â via Flickr
The utility-scale solar industry used to have to compete against a â€śMarket Price Referentâ€ťÂ (MPR: the cost of an average natural gas contract).Â The idea was that, if a solar PPA could be pri... ...

California, the worldâ€™s sixth largest economy, has announced it will go nuclear free as it replaces the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors with renewable energy. Californian utility PG&E announced a Joint Proposal with labor and leading environmental organizationsÂ this week that intends to increase investment in energy efficiency, renewables, and energy storage,Â beyond current state mandates, while at [&hellip
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Californiaâ€™s only functioning nuclear power plant will close by 2025 and be replaced by renewables, energy efficiency, and storage under an agreement announced on Tuesday by its owner, PG&E, labor unions, and environmental groups.
PG&E said it would not seek to relicense the two reactors at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant beyond their current operating licenses, which expire in 2024 and 2025. The company cited Californiaâ€™s goal of producing 50% of its power from renewables by 2030 and ambitious energy efficiency targets for the move,. ...

OSIsoft, based in San Leandro, California, has been in the software business since 1980 and currently has over 1,000 employees. It makes products for operational intelligence and real-time data infrastructure. Mike Kanellos,Â Head of Corporate Communications and Technology, answered some questions for CleanTechnica. 1. When you say you have 450+ interfaces, what does that mean exactly? [&hellip
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